Hodogaya

Japanese: 保土ヶ谷 - ほどがや

This post station on the Tokaido was located in Tachibana County, Musashi Province, in the southern part of what is now Hodogaya Ward, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture. In the early Kamakura period, it was included in Hangaya Mikuriya, an area of the inner shrine of Ise Jingu. The name Hodogaya appears in the Odawara Shusho Yakucho (Record of Odawara Domain). It was designated a post station on the Tokaido in 1601, and was responsible for the transportation of horse-drawn horses between Fujisawa and Kanagawa. Initially, only Hodogaya-cho was in charge of relaying, but by the Genroku period (1688-1704), Iwama-cho, Godo-cho, and Katabira-cho were added, and Hodogaya-shuku was made up of four towns. According to the Shukumura Taigaicho (Record of Inns and Villages), the distance to Kanagawa-shuku in the east was 1 ri 9 cho, and to Totsuka-shuku in the west was 2 ri 9 cho. The main inn and wakihonjin were in Hodogaya-cho, and the wholesaler's office was in Godo-cho. During the Tenpo period (1830-1844), there were 69 inns, 49 of which employed two female servants. In 1668, Sukego village had 13 villages in Sadasuke, in 1689 it had 10 villages in Sadasuke and 27 villages in Osuke, and by 1725 it had 39 villages and a stipend of 10,727 koku. The botamochi rice cakes from Tachiba teahouse in Nishikata Sakaigi were a famous local product. With the abolition of the horse-riding station in 1872, it lost its function as a post station. In 1889, Hodogaya town was established, centered around the former Hodogaya post station. In 1927 it was incorporated into Yokohama city, and in the same year Hodogaya ward was established.

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Japanese:

武蔵国橘樹(たちばな)郡内，現神奈川県横浜市保土ヶ谷区南部にあった東海道の宿駅。鎌倉時代初期には伊勢神宮内宮領榛谷(はんがや)御厨に含まれた。《小田原衆所領役帳》には保土ヶ谷の地名がみえる。1601年東海道の宿駅に定められ，藤沢宿と神奈川宿間の伝馬を負担した。当初保土ヶ谷町のみで継立を行ったが，元禄期（1688−1704）までに岩間町・神戸(ごうど)町・帷子(かたびら)町が加わり，４町で保土ヶ谷宿を構成した。《宿村大概帳》によれば，東の神奈川宿までの距離は１里９町，西の戸塚宿までは２里９町。本陣・脇本陣は保土ヶ谷町，問屋場は神戸町にあった。天保期（1830−1844）の旅籠屋数は69軒で，うち49軒が飯盛女２名を抱えていた。助郷村は1668年には定助郷13村，1689年には定助郷10村・大助郷27村，1725年には助郷39村・助郷高１万727石となっている。西方境木(さかいぎ)の立場茶屋の牡丹餅は名物とされた。1872年の伝馬所廃止により宿駅としての機能は失われた。1889年旧保土ヶ谷宿を中心にして保土ヶ谷町が成立。1927年横浜市に編入，同年保土ヶ谷区が成立した。

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